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Congo-Brazzaville and Central African Republic are advancing a hydrocarbon transport corridor linking Brazzaville to Bangui through the port of Pointe-Noire, building on a 2024 bilateral agreement.
CEMAC’s reform steering committee, chaired by Congo’s Christian Yoka, found first-quarter progress wanting and set priorities on treasury, debt and banking.
Congo-Brazzaville’s parliament adopts a new mining code introducing production sharing, an upgraded registry and local processing after seven years of work.
Congo-Brazzaville’s mines minister Pierre Oba suspended all new mining title grants for gold, cassiterite, and coltan effective April 1, 2026, aiming to overhaul oversight of the artisanal mining sector.
Congo’s National Assembly adopted the revised Mining Code on April 8, 2026, a long-awaited overhaul of the law governing the country’s extractive sector.
The BEAC has revised Central Africa’s 2026 growth down to 2.9%, holding key rates steady amid Middle East conflict uncertainties.
ASSA-AC says all CEMAC states must adopt a common aviation safety regulation by December 31, 2026, tightening Central Africa’s air transport oversight.
Central Bank BEAC projects 5.3% growth for Congo-Brazzaville in 2026, driven by rebounding oil output, LNG and tamed 2.7% inflation below the CEMAC ceiling.
Finance Minister Christian Yoka announced at the first CNEF session that Congo-Brazzaville’s economy is projected to grow 5.3% in 2026, fuelled by oil production recovery, liquefied gas, and a 23% …
Congo-Brazzaville’s national balance of payments committee validated an 81-billion-FCFA surplus for 2024, reversing a deficit from 2023, as non-oil sectors drove 2.1 percent GDP growth.
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